Grabbing whatever is around is not going to get you far when the police ask for your I.D. Even if it’s a delicious taco! A man in Florida tried the taco trick, handing one over to officers after he was asked for I.D.
He also happened to have passed out in his car in the drive-thru lane at Taco Bell, says the L.A. Weekly, and his engine had caught fire. So, he wasn’t having a great night and then he lost a taco, to boot!
A few beers in, the 30-year-old-man did what anyone does after a bit of a bender, and headed for the Taco Bell. Right after he got his order, he passed out, and the rest, they say, is taco history.
Cops told him his taco wasn’t a valid form of I.D., so he responded by laughing and then chowing down on said taco. Meanwhile, his foot on the accelerator while he slept caused the engine to catch fire. He was booked on DUI charges, no word if they allowed him to finish his snack.
Drunk Florida Man Tries to Use Taco as I.D. [LA Weekly]
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Stay classy Florida.
I’ve lived in Florida, and New Jersey, and it’s funny to watch COPS and see counties/areas I recognize. More often they are in Florida than NJ, but both appear often.
I too have lived in NJ and FL. And yes, I agree.
Another show that provides the same level/type of amusement is “Jail”, which is a reality-type show shot in jails in FL, NJ and TX.
… And we tell Florida to stay classy as we watch.
What else would you expect from the state that got Bush a second term?
Ha, did your post from 2005 just go through?
I am reminded of The Last Unicorn when Schmendrick is taken captive by Captain Cully, who asks him to take a seat, and “have a taco.”
So random.
I love that book and the anime-like movie.
I watched that movie last night with my son.
That was the first movie my wife watched, way back when they rented VCRs. If you don’t know what a VCR is, I can’t help you.
I keep hearing people call them VHS Players. They were never called VHS players when I was a kid. I’m like “Wtf, where did this term come from? It’s ‘VCR,’ people!”
No no, it’s called Betamax!
I had a VTR. Which apparently stood for Video Tape Recorder. It did use cassettes, but some bizarre form of its own, neither VHS nor Betamax.
I wish I still had that. It might be worth something.
I remember seeing that movie for the first time as a child, and being terrified. I was probably like 3 or 4.
Is that the thing with the hippie music and the glowy unicorn? My music channel has that soundtrack but before that I’d never heard of it.
Allegedly, …….According to police,………..blah, blah
Funny, no one here seems to care that those words are missing when it’s a story accusing a store, bank or other company of something.
The corporate apologists notice.
Hey….
LOLOLOLFLORIDA.
I need to move there. Plus, I love tacos.
Oh.. Such a pity that Taco Bell hasn’t yet expanded their culinary empire beyond the Sunshine State… /s
New slogan? Florida: Come for the tacos. Stay for the crazy.
THERE ARE TACO BELLS OUTSIDE OF FLORIDA? /s
Priceless. I am petitioning the state legislation for this as we speak.
One of Them! One of Them! One of Them! One of Them!
“Sir, may I see your driver’s license?”
“Isn’t it back there, on the bumper, man?”
I worked for an insurance company. When adding on a used vehcile to your policy, and you wanted comprehensive and collision coverage (full coverage), we required you to go get a photo inspection done. You’d go to a designated location, and have a third party fill out a form, take photos, etc, to make sure you didn’t have damage prior to coverage that you later claim happened while covered.
Anyway, some woman called all upset because she did not have full coverage (she had just liability). I informed her that the comp/coll coverage was dropped because we didn’t have the photo inspection. She insisted we did, so I checked all the documents that were scanned in under her policy number. Sure enough, I found what she had sent in. A photograph of the state inspection sticker on her windshield. A photo of her inspection. :/
And with that, coffee snorts out my nose.
Sounds like the kind of person that might press the gas instead of the brake…and I think you’d know the kind of person I mean
“A few beers”
Sure…
BAC of .227… That would be about 6-8 beers in a single hour for an average size adult male.
Ahhh, I miss living in Florida.
How is this “shoppers biting back” exactly?
It’s not. It’s just funny. Sometimes websites post things that are off-topic, but that they’re readers might be amused/entertained by/interested in.
Welcome to the internet.
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Doesn’t really matter when half the commenters are consistently off-topic too, for long threads.
we are never off topic.
Hey, nugatory…where did my socks go? I was just wearing them :
ask the taco
There is only ONE MAN this will work for…
When I was a kid I thought Taco was Tim Curry.
Maybe he was from Mexico?
Shoulda gave them a donut.
Are drunk guys that pass out in the Taco Bell drive-through some kind of common occurance?
I was out with some of my boyfriend’s college friends and we decided to get some Taco Bell on the way home..we sat there waiting for a while, realized a few cars ahead sat an unmoving car. One of the people in our car got out to check it out, the guy driving was passed out with his foot on the break while the car was in drive. Our friend woke him up and let him know he was passed out in the Taco Bell drive-through.
Your text doesn’t really agree with itself…
“and then he lost a taco, to boot!”
…
“and then chowing down on said taco.”
So, he wasn’t having a great night and then he lost a taco, to boot!
Cops told him his taco wasn’t a valid form of I.D., so he responded by laughing and then chowing down on said taco.
HMMMM
I make my own edible IDs at home.